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Modeling and Computation of Reaction Forces on Relief Piping during Depressurization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
The sudden opening of a relief device, during an overpressure event, will cause the relief piping to experience dynamic loads. A pressure wave may be...

LNG Refrigerant Compressor Startup Torque Evaluation Using Dynamic Simulation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Compressor startup plays an important role during a plant’s startup. It’s even more crucial in an LNG facility, due to the fact that compression and...

"Let Me Tell You............." The impact of Eastman's Aniline Plant Explosion on Process Safety Awareness

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
On October 4, 1960, Eastman Chemical Company suffered the worst accident in its 83-year history, when an aniline manufacturing facility exploded. 16...

Toxicity-Hazard Index and the "Infinite Point"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
TOXICITY-HAZARD INDEX AND THE “INFINITE POINT” Richard W. Prugh, Principal Process Safety Engineer Chilworth Technology, Inc., a Dekra Company 113...

Human and Organizational Factors Assessment and Their Use As Potential Safety Barriers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
This paper presents a statistical analysis of past accidents occurred between 1983 - 2013 reported to European Major Accidental Reporting System (...

Active Versus Passive Fire Protection - Getting the Balance Right

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
A key question often asked when trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a fire protection system is how to strike a balance between active and fire...

Porosity and Mineralogical Changes in Iron-Bearing Sandstone with CO2 Injection

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
One of the four trapping mechanisms for long term CO 2 geological storage is mineral trapping. Increased acidity from CO 2 solubility in brine...

Consequence Modeling of Dynamic Source Terms

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
While several dispersion modeling tools provide modeling tools for static situations, it is challenging to model conditions when there are several...

The Changing Tide of US Process Safety/Risk Management Regulations - How CCPS Risk Based Process Safety and Vision 20/20 Concepts Can Harmonize Future Requirements

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Over the past several years there have been numerous industrial accidents which have occurred that have brought the effectiveness of OSHA’s Process...

1987 Celanese Pampa Butane Vapor Cloud Explosion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
On Saturday November 14, 1987, the presenter personally witnessed a catastrophic vapor cloud explosion at the Celanese Chemicals facility in Pampa,...

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